Yipes! This is a pretty hot topic! I thought I 
had some pretty good advice for Evilminion -- 
both on how to sell quickly and how to sell for a 
profit. I tried to make it clear that I was 
responding to but not necessarily addressing 
EvilMinion or Demona directly. But I guess the 
more controversial parts took precedence ^_^;

"How? By telling Taro, Yann, Melissa, Anime 
Chaos, 
Nichibei and the rest what prices to put on their 
cels? Or telling people who have cels they don't 
want anymore not to want the same price 
that "dealers" are getting for the same cels."

I tell those dealers that I don't want to pay 
certain prices by not buying those cels from 
them. I do the same with any seller. As I told 
evilminion I don't see any problem with setting 
prices comparable to what's on a dealer's site.

As for your comment about why evilminion and 
Demona are open for attack for their selling 
practices and others are not, please remember 
that this isn't the only cel forum around nor is 
this the only way of communication (and search 
the cels forum archive for some particularly 
lovely lambasts against a lot of people -- then 
again, maybe it's best to leave that alone!). 
Personally,I think it's extremely bad form/taste 
to attack someone for their practices in a public 
forum -- unless it's a flat out scam. Those 
personal and heated comments are best saved for 
private correspondence and more intimate 
discussions. Maybe I went out on a limb to say 
that people would agree with me. (*shrug*) There 
really isn't a conspiracy of collectors (although 
I've always wanted to be part of a conspiracy 
*laugh*). And I was only describing what I see as 
a trend not trying to force somebody to "be good 
and here's a cookie." I don't like it when I see 
people reselling a cel at an astronomically high 
price that I had access to -- whether from a 
dealer or from a collector. And I was hoping to 
show (which seems to be missing from your post so 
I'll reiterate it) that by not looking for the 
quick buck will ultimately help the seller, 
himself. If a cel is sold at five times what was 
paid, could the seller have bought the cel at 
that price? Well, then, he or she might be paying 
that price for a character or series in the 
future. 

That's really my main point -- help yourself by 
helping others. I wasn't shaking my finger to say 
"you can't do this" and I think I offered a lot 
of alternatives. I'm just saying that "some 
people may not like it and might respond this 
way." (I'm actually really sorry that this thread 
keeps happening to evilminion because I don't see 
his (or her?) situation like this at all) In my 
experience, it's best not to alienate people 
because I rely a lot on others in this community 
-- not just in the crass buy/sell world but in 
advice, friendship, support, etc. I'd hope that 
everybody could find that.

Am I making sense?

Wendy